Sở GD&ĐT Tuyên Quang Kì thi chọn học sinh giỏi cấp
tỉnh lớp 12 THPT
Năm học 2007-2008
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Đề chính thức Môn thi: Tiếng Anh
Thời gian: 135 phút (Không kể thời
gian giao đề)
Đề thi gồm 09 trang
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I. Listening
Youll hear people talking in eight different situations. For questions 1-8,
choose the best answer by circling the corresponding letter A, B, or C.
1. You overhear this man in a shop.
He wants to change some paint because...
A. he doesnt like the color.
B. he thinks there is something wrong with it.
C. he finds it makes him ill.
2. This woman is complaining at a railway station enquiry office.
She is angry because...
A. her train is late
B. her train has been cancelled.
C. she thinks the train service is very poor.
3. These two people are having an argument.
Are they arguing about...
A. the climate?
B. the weather outside?
C. the snowfall in recent years?
4. This is a conversation between a man and a woman.
Is the man...
A. a policeman?

too late.
A. came B. turned C. grew D.
woke
11. Government should _________international laws against terrorism.
A. bring up B. bring about C. bring in D.
bring back
12. The advanced course in literature ________French.
A. turned off me B. turned me away C. turned me off D.
turned me against
13. When we fly to Ho Chi Minh city, we’re going to _________over in Da
Nang to visit some friends.
A. stop B. come C. arrive D. go
14. He died ____heart failure______Thursday night. His wife is still
suffering_____shock.
A. for/ at/ for B. of/ on/ from C. from/ on/ from D. at/
on/ from
15. They succeeded ________escaping________the burning house.
A. on/ off B. in/ from C. in during D. on/
from
16. It never occurred _______me to ask him_____proof________his
identity.
A. for/ for/ of B. to/ for/ of C. to/ for/ for D.
for/ for/ for
17. He is not independent_______any means. He depends______his father
for everything.
A. by/ on B. by/ upon C. at/ on D. A
or B is correct
18. Scientists can’t agree on_______related to other orders of insects.
A. that fleas are B. how fleas are C. how are fleas D.
fleas that are

27. He pretended________me as she passed me in the street.
A. not seeing B. not to be seen C. not see D. not
to see
28. You________out yesterday without a coat. No wonder you caught cold.
A. shouldn’t have gone B. haven’t gone
C. hadn’t gone D. mustn’t have gone
29. If you________late, you would know what we are talking about now.
A. were not B. have not been C. had not been D. are
not
30. Never before_________in an earnest attempt to resolve their differences.
A. have the leaders of these two countries met
B. the leaders of these two countries have met
C. have the leaders of these two countries meet
D. met the leaders of these two countries
31. The number of chromosomes in a cell_________from species to species.
A. varies B. vary C. varying D. to vary
32. Many parts of our beautiful city ______to look like mini garbage dumps.
A. is starting B. do started C. are starting D. has
started
33. The interviewer told her that he would earn $ 45000 a
year,_________she to be offered the job.
A. were B. should C. lest D. would
34. It sounds like you let people take advantage of you. _________, you
need to learn to be more assertive.
A. Otherwise B. If only C. What if D. If so
35. They are ugly and expensive. _________people buy them.
A. Already B. Yet C. Thus D. Hence
Part 2: Supply the correct form of the verb in brackets.
Of the 530 students (36-apply)___ (37-admit)___ to the Mathematics
Faculty of Oxford University ten-year-old Ruth Lawrence, from